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The following seven Roman mosaics are all currently on display in the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme National Museum, Rome. Mosaics were a common feature of Roman private homes and public buildings across the empire from Africa to Antioch. Mosaics, otherwise known as opus tesellatum, were made with small black, white, and coloured squares typically measuring... [continue reading]

The Aztec mosaic-handled knife currently in the British Museum, London dates to between 1400 and 1521 CE and is thought to have been used in religious ceremonies. Made from wood and flint the knife handle represents an Aztec warrior but the blade revealed no traces of blood under testing and so was probably not used to sacrifice victims, a common Aztec religious... [continue reading]

This mosaic scene of tame deer drinking from an ornate fountain was a popular scene in Early Christian art, as it symbolizied the fountain of life.
4th or 5th century CE, from Carthage.
On display at the British Museum, London (MLA 1859.4-2.90 BM Cat. Mosaics 48).

This is a panel from a Roman mosaic pavement. Dionysos is shown dancing while a panther prances along beside him. Dionysos' red drape billows out and he wears a wreath. The mosaic has the name 'Dionysos' written in Greek beside him. The mosaic panel is 1.4m heigh, and 1.36m wide. The panel comes from a villa at Halicarnassus, and dates to the 4th century... [continue reading]